Lunchtime links: Do MLB teams have any idea what they’re doing when it comes to the feeding and care of pitchers?

Diamondbacks pitcher Trevor Bauer, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2011, has some definite ideas about how to maximize his abilities. Those ideas fly in the face of standard baseball practice. He throws at least six days a week with baseball and weighted balls or medicine balls, long tosses 380 feet and has deployed as many as 19 different pitches. He was willing to sacrifice a better slot in the draft—presumably a higher signing bonus – to pitch for an organization that would let him do things his way. “I told them all: ‘This is what I do, it’s what I believe in, and if you let me stick with it, I’ll pitch in the major leagues for 20 years,'” Bauer said. “Some were open. Some weren’t. But they needed to know what they were getting into.” (Lee Jenkins, Sports Illustrated)

Trevor Bauer has struck out 17 batters in his first nine professional innings. (Jonathan Wiley, AP)

Dustin Pedroia, the 2008 American League Most Valuable Player, has a career .305 batting average. (Getty Images)

The Phillies rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Dodgers on Wednesday, polishing off a franchise-best 9-1 road trip. That puts the Phillies at 77-40. Since 1995, the only teams with more wins through 117 games were the ’98 Yankees (87), ’01 Mariners (84), ’95 Indians (84) and ’98 Braves (78). (Matt Gelb, Philadelphia Inquirer)

Though Vance Worley got roughed up for six runs in four innings, the Phillies improved to 10-0 in his starts. The Elias Sports Bureau notes that Worley is the second rookie whose team won 10 consecutive games he started, joining the Mets’ Dillon Gee. Before the this season, the last rookie starter to take the mound for 10 consecutive victories was Donne Wall of the 1996 Astros.

The Rays erased a four-run deficit in the ninth inning to beat the Royals on Wednesday 8-7. According to Elias, since the start of the 2000 season teams trailing by four when they come to bat in then ninth lose 98.9 percent of the time. (Roger Mooney, Tampa Tribune)

New Caney native and The Woodlands resident Adam Dunn went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in loss to the Orioles on Wednesday, setting a dubious record in the process. According to Elias, Dunn had his 17th hitless game with at least three strikeouts, breaking the record of 16 set by Arizona’s Mark Reynolds in 2009.